*ITALY~Siena, Tuscany Italy ( photo by Irene Suchocki). One of the best ways to explore the Tuscany region is by bike.

Sorano, Tuscany, Italy ~ Sorano is a town and comune in the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany. It as an ancient medieval hill town hanging from a tuff stone over the Lente River. This extraordinary Italian hill-top town, is known as città del tufo.

Sorrento, Italy Sorrento is a fabulous place to visit across the bay from Naples, close to Pompeii and part of the glorious Amalfi coast.

A section of the Via Francigena (Road of St. Francis) in Tuscany. The road - rather, a series of roads - connected three major pilgrimage sites starting in the century: Santiago de Compostela, Rome, and Jerusalem. Blah blah blah it's pretty!